Clippers Vs. Kings 4-17-13 Official Game Thread

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Posted Apr 17 2013 2:43AM
The Los Angeles Clippers are in control of their own destiny for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
The destiny of the Sacramento Kings' franchise, meanwhile, is far from certain.
The Clippers can clinch home-court advantage in round one Wednesday night when they visit the Kings in what could be the final NBA game ever in Sacramento.
Los Angeles (55-26) cruised in its home finale, 93-77 over Portland on Tuesday. Caron Butler scored a game-high 22 points and Blake Griffin added 16 in a team-high 27 minutes as the Clippers got plenty of....

YES! Finally someone said something good about the Clippers! John Barry just said that the Clippers are a top defensive team and good enough to grind it out against teams. He said people shouldn't be overlooking the Clips.

I had to share this. I'm always shocked whenever these so called NBA experts actually have good things to say about the Clippers. It will just make it even sweeter once we make it to the finals.

Clippersfan86

04/17/2013 - 08:32 PM PST

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Figured that was Jon Barry. He used to trash us a lot.

cleepers

04/17/2013 - 08:34 PM PST

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Was it Barry? My mistake. Sounded like Fratello. I just tuned in.

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04/17/2013 - 08:35 PM PST

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Think it's Barry.

A_DOG_NAMED_BUD

04/17/2013 - 08:41 PM PST

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Even though I hate the fact that the Clips switch on way too many defensive assignments, it's hard to argue with the stats. Clippers are 4th in opponents points per game in 94.5. They're only behind, CHI, INDI, & MEM. That's pretty impressive.

A_DOG_NAMED_BUD

04/17/2013 - 08:43 PM PST

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Yeah, it was Jon Barry. He's calling the Memphis-Utah game now. Too bad, the Grizzlies are up by 10 now. Damn, why does it seem like whenever I root for teams I don't usually like, because it will help my team, they always lose hahaha.

Voyeur

04/17/2013 - 08:47 PM PST

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Jon Barry? REALLY??? Are we sure it wasn't Brent? LOL

That's a suprise.

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04/17/2013 - 08:48 PM PST

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Utah didn't want it. Now HCA comes down to us. If we lose.. we are the road team.

A_DOG_NAMED_BUD

04/17/2013 - 08:50 PM PST

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Yeah, Utah is falling apart. They can't handle Memphis' defense. Oh, well. At least this will make our game more exciting.

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04/17/2013 - 08:50 PM PST

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On a side note, those are all teams that the Clippers are supposed to be afraid of. Teams that would surely ground Lob City.

We are 6-2 against those teams this season.

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04/17/2013 - 08:54 PM PST

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So now that Utah is probably going to lose, that makes this game the most important one of the year. Clips better not disappoint.

Voyeur

04/17/2013 - 08:58 PM PST

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OMG. Losing to Sacramento tonight? When it means losing home court in the first round? We'd be talking about a huge meltdown.

TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, GUYS!!!!!!!

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04/17/2013 - 08:59 PM PST

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Our game has become even more important. Although Utah shouldn't have been expected to beat the much better Grizzlies anyways.

worm

04/17/2013 - 09:01 PM PST

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Sat is the start of the PO?

Clippersfan86

04/17/2013 - 09:02 PM PST

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Yup.

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04/17/2013 - 09:03 PM PST

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Come out with great intensity and strong defense and crush them early statement time !!!!!

worm

04/17/2013 - 09:04 PM PST

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So we have 2 days rest we better blow up early the sac game to rest the starters.